ABOUT NONVIOLENCE365™A major initiative of The King Center is its education and training program, which is based on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s nonviolent leadership philosophy and methods. Dr. King embraced nonviolence as a way of life. With this in mind, The King Center is encouraging people all over the world to embrace Nonviolence365™ every day of the year. Nonviolence365™, The King Center’s premiere global educational initiative, is a means for addressing all forms of conflict and violence in various sectors of society. Among these sectors are corporations, government, media, law enforcement, entertainment, healthcare, education, civic and faith-based organizations. Nonviolence365™ engages participants, including emerging and next generation leaders, in trainings, discussions and activities that enhance communication, leadership, interpersonal and conflict reconciliation skills. The primary goal of Nonviolence365™, which is based on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s nonviolent leadership philosophy and methods, is to help people adopt nonviolence as a way of life, there-by decreasing violence in homes, workplaces, schools, communities and making an impact on a global scale.

TO BE ADDRESSEDNonviolence365™ Education and Training is a critical step in the “Pilgrimage to Nonviolence”, in which people embrace and actualize Nonviolence as a lifestyle. It will empower participants to have a posture of Nonviolence in their thinking, speaking and acting. Therefore, Nonviolence is not reactive, but intrinsic. Nonviolence365™ Education and Training will also serve as a mechanism for changing the way that individuals approach problems, conflict, tension, violence and differences by providing a holistic means for responding in a nonviolent manner. In addition, NV365™ provides character education within the modules that convey Dr. King’s philosophy, perspectives and leadership style.

PROJECT OBJECTIVES & OUTCOMESUsing the six principles and steps that serve as the foundation for NV365™, participants have reported that the training: • Provides character education in the form of insight into the life, philosophy and methods of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. • Cultivates leadership skills and attributes relative to Dr. King’s nonviolent leadership, philosophy and methodology; • Provides resources to begin a Pilgrimage to Nonviolence and embrace NV365 as a lifestyle; • Clarifies conflict resolution versus conflict reconciliation; • Reduces family, workforce and community conflict, violence and tension; • Enables individuals to better manage community conflict so that it doesn’t escalate to violence; • Provides relationship-building and problem-solving skills; • Focuses on the root cause of violence and not the symptoms; • Decreases the potential for community unrest and people resorting to violence; and • Encourages people to be proactive in identifying violence prone situations and the skills needed to address those situations.

EDUCATION & TRAINING TEAM

Below are the King Center’s team that will be providing NV365™ Education and Training